We arrived at the airport (DMK), and went directly to the apartment. Travel time was about 30-45 minutes, and varies on traffic. I never met Fai, but her husband was truly a gem. e helped us by writing out directions, locations, and names in thai. This is important as very few people know english, and even if you write an address in english, they can not read it. He was very helpful in giving us direction, and advice as well. The apartment look like the pictures in description, but you have to remember it is an efficiency apartment, 27 sq meters. Everything was clean and new, and worked well. There are no english speaking channels, and the the dvds in thailand are in thai. I'm sure somewhere you can buy regular dvds in english, but we didn't find any. The apartment is close to the rail system, and we used it to go downtown. It's about 30- 40 minutes by rail, and you have to make exchange connections. People are friendly, but the communication failure is in the languages. Tht's is why Fai's husband was of such great assistance. We stayed a week, and that may be a bit too long, as it is difficult to cook with a microwave and make a comprehensive meal. We did try to eat the instant noodles, but the spices are powerful. It's very good for 1 or two people, but any more than that and you will be rubbing elbows. It was close to a 24 hour grocery store and mcdonalds, as well as other restaurants. We enjoyed our stay there, and we thank our hosts for the experience!